A select committee may be permanent or temporary (all current select committees in the House and Senate are considered permanent committees). Instead of select, the Senate sometimes uses the term special committee (as in the Special Committee on Aging).
The name Adama is of Hebrew origin. The meaning of Adama is man from the red earth. Adama is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced A-da-ma.
The potential to sink lower than the animals and rise higher than the angels. The first human ever to walk the earth was named Adam. The Torah explains the name. The Hebrew word for earth is adama. God formed man from the dust of the earth, and on the simplest level, that connection with adama, earth, is the basis for man's name.